Overall Programme


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AGENDA


Site Visits & eea® Award Ceremony
Wednesday 15th May 2013
MORNING SITE VISIT (15 May 2013/10:00 am – 11:30 am)
(Bus transfer has been arranged. Departure areas: Holiday Inn at 9:15 am and Hilton Hotel 9:35 am. Participants staying in Royiatiko or Centrum Hotels should depart from Holiday Inn)
 
10:00 am
Arrival to Green Dot Cyprus
10:00 - 11:30
Site visit to the Green Dot Cyprus facilities for electrical and electronic equipment recycling and packaging wastes, Latsia, Lefkosia District


Green Dot Profile
Green Dot Cyprus is the first Packaging and Packaging Waste Management System in Cyprus.
In September 2006, Green Dot Cyprus started collecting recyclable materials from Commercial/Industrial points and in February 2007, started the collection of recyclable materials from households in Strovolos, Ayios Athanasios, Mesa Yitonia, Yermasoyia and Kato Polemidia Municipalities. Soon afterwards, other Municipalities and Communities entered the recycling program. Since 2012, Green Dot Cyprus covers with its projects about 700.000 citizens.
11:30 am
Transfer of the participants to Strovolos Municipal Theater for the eea® Award Ceremony
 
eea® AWARD CEREMONY (15th May 2013/12:00 pm - 15:30 pm)

Venue: Strovolos Municipal Theater, 100 Strovolos Avenue, 2094 Strovolos
Languages: Greek and English
Event coordinator: Mr. Kyriacos Pierides, CyBC Journalist (Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation)
 
12:00 - 12:30
Arrival to the Strovolos Municipal Theatre and Welcome Coffee
12:30 - 12:40
Welcome Speech by the hosting organisation
Mr. Andreas Kitromilides, President of the Management Board of Cyprus Energy Agency
12:40 - 12:50
Welcome Speech by the hosting Municipality
Dr. Lazaros Savvides, Mayor of Strovolos Municipality
12:50 - 13:00
Speech
Mr. Socrates Hasikos, Minister of Interior
13:00 - 13:15
Overview of medeea achievements
Mrs. Roberta Casapietra, Project coordinator, Agenzia regionale per l'Energia della Liguria
13:15 - 14:30
eea® Award Ceremony
  • Video show and eea® awards for Cyprus Municipalities

  • (Larnaca, Strovolos, Agios Athanasios, Aglantzia, Engomi, Latsia, Lefkara, Polis Chrysochous)

  • eea® awards for Mediterranean Local Authorities

  • Greece/Crete (Heraklion, Hersonissos, Rethymnon, Festos, Malevizi)
    Spain (Bedmar y Garcíez, La Iruela, Chilluévar, Santo Tomé, Puente Génave, Hornos, Segura de la Sierra, Villarrodrigo)
    Portugal (Albufeira, Olhão, Vila do Bispo, Vila Real de Santo António)
    Italy
    Slovenia
14:30 - 15:30
Networking Lunch
 
AFTERNOON SITE VISIT (15 May 2013/16:00 - 17:30)
(Walking Tour)
 
16:00 - 17:30
Visit of the Strovolos Municipality Bike Sharing System and energy efficient Strovolos Municipal Library (walking tour), Strovolos, Lefkosia District


Lefkosia Bike Sharing System
The bike sharing system has been the most ambitious project related with urban mobility within the Greater Lefkosia area. The Municipalities has established DEPL (Inter-municipal Bike Company of Lefkosia), which aims to change the behavior of citizens through sustainable mobility and reduce the traffic via an automated 3rd generation bike sharing system which is similar to the ones used widely in major cities across the world. The bike sharing system has been implemented to complement the development of existing bike lanes within the Lefkosia area and it will also integrate with the new bike lanes that are currently under construction. By the end of 2012 an extensive bicycle lane network aims to serve both the local population but also the tourists who visit the city.

Strovolos Municipal Library
The Strovolos Municipality Library was constructed in 1915. The library was abandoned for many years until the decision of Municipal council to renovate it. The renovation took place according to energy performance standards by utilising thermal insulation, efficient lighting, BMS, geothermal heat pumps for space heating and cooling and therefore the energy usage is estimated at 35 kWh/m2.
17:30
Bus transfer of the participants to Hilton Hotel and Holiday Inn Hotel (Participants staying in Royiatiko or Centrum Hotels should get off at Holiday Inn)
 
eea® Medeea International Conference
Thursday 16th May 2013 (08:00 - 16:45)
(Bus transfer has been arranged. Departure areas: Holiday Inn at 8:00 am and Hilton Hotel 8:20 am. Participants staying in Royiatiko or Centrum Hotels should depart from Holiday Inn)
Venue: Cyprus International Conference Centre ('Filoxenia'), Lefkosia
Languages: Simultaneous interpretation to Greek, English, Italian and Spanish
 
08:00 - 09:00
Registration
09:00 - 09:15
Welcome Speeches
Mrs. Anthi Charalambous - Director of Cyprus Energy Agency
Dr. Maria Fabianelli - Director of the Agenzia regionale per l'Energia della Liguria (Energy Agency ARE Liguria)
SESSION A
Panel Discussion: Local Authorities' commitments towards sustainability
Moderator: Mrs. Anthi Charalambous, Cyprus Energy Agency
09:15 - 10:15
Mr. Kyriakos Hadjittofis, Member of the Committee of the Regions
Mrs. Irini Loizidou Nikolaidou, Vice president of the monitoring Committee of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe
Mrs. Constantia Constantinou, Planning Officer, Directorate of Structural Funds and Cohesion Fund, Planning Bureau, Cyprus
Mr. Paraskevas Anastasiou, Head of Energy Policy Department, Cyprus Employers & Industrialists Federation (OEB)
Mr. Theodoulos Mesimeris, Head of Climate Change, Department of Environment
10:15 - 10:45
Discussion
10:45 - 11:00
Coffee Break
SESSION B
Exchange of experiences between Local Authorities at European Level
Moderator: Mrs. Roberta Casapietra, Energy Agency ARE Liguria
11:00 - 11:15
"Best practices and examples" - Municipality of Albenga - Italy
Mr. Guido Lugani, Councillor for Environment
Mr. Giuseppe Marchese, Environmental Department
11:15 - 11:25
"Transferable lessons learnt" - Beltinci Municipality - Slovenia
Dr. Matej Gomboši, Mayor of Beltinci Municipality, Slovenia
11:25 - 11:35
"Mobility Plan" - Municipality of Olhão - Portugal
Mr. Fernando Laranjo Martins, Energy Manager - Olhão Municipality - Portugal
11:35 - 11:45
Implementation of measures - Larnaca Municipality - Cyprus
Mr. Andreas Louroutziatis – Mayor of Larnaca Municipality – Cyprus
11:45 - 11:55
"Best cases in Andalucía Region" - Municipality of Villarrodrigo - Jaen - Spain
Mr. Ángel Vera Sandoval, Councilor of Villarrodrigo and Representative of Jaen County Council
11:55 - 12:05
"Local Authorities Exchange of Experiences" - Municipality of Marsaskala - Malta
Mr. John Baptist Camilleri - Municipality of Marsaskala
12:05 - 12:20
"Best cases" - Municipalities of Heraclion and Hersonisos, Crete - Greece
Mr. Ioannis Kourakis, Mayor of Heraklion Municipality
Mr. Zacharias Doxastakis, Mayor of Hersonisos Municipality
Mr. Georgios Marinakis, Mayor of Rethymno Municipality
Mr. Constantinos Mamoulakis, Mayor of Malevizi Municipality
Mrs. Maria Petrakogiorgi, Mayor of Festos Municipality
12:20 - 13:00
Discussion
13:00 - 14:30
Networking Lunch
SESSION C
Facilitating Sustainable Local Energy Planning
Moderator: Dr. Nikolas Zografakis, Region of Crete, Energy Agency
14:30 - 14:50
"Financial opportunities within the framework of next financial perspectives 2014-2020"
Mr. Adonis Constantinides, Head of the Special Task Force for Programming of ESI Funds 2014-20 at Planning Bureau, Government of the Republic of Cyprus
14:50 - 15:10
Regional and Environmental Policy
Mrs. Thea Pieridou, Representation of the European Commission in Cyprus
15:10 - 15:30
"ELENA and EEE-F financial instruments"
Mrs. Anthi Charalambous, Director, Cyprus Energy Agency
15:10 - 15:30
"Application to EEE-F for a Street Lighting Project in Cyprus"
Mr. Ioannis Papageorgiou, Network Engineer, Networks Business Unit, Electricity Authority of Cyprus
Mr. Savvas Vlachos, Energy Expert, Cyprus Energy Agency
15:50 - 16:20
Discussion
16:20 - 16:30
Closing remarks
Dr. Maria Fabianelli – Director of the Agenzia regionale per l'Energia della Liguria (Energy Agency ARE Liguria)
16:45
Bus transfer of the participants to Hilton Hotel and Holiday Inn Hotel (Participants staying in Royiatiko or Centrum Hotels should get off at Holiday Inn)


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